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Victor Wembanyama sat down with the Inside the NBA crew on Tuesday night in the aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs‘ shocking 115-114 win over the Phoenix Suns. After getting the usual slate of questions that unsurprisingly popped up after San Antonio came back from a double-digit fourth quarter deficit to beat Kevin Durant and co., Charles Barkley made it a point to give us some pretty compelling television by asking Wembanyama a simple question: “How do you say ‘churro’ in French?”

What came next was a, quite frankly, hilarious back-and-forth that revolved around the fact that Wembanyama has never heard of a churro before.

“Churro?” Wembanyama asked. “What is that?”

“Churro!” Barkley responded. “You know what churro is! You’ve been in San Antonio long enough!”

Kenny Smith and Barkley both said it was a dessert, with Barkley describing it as “the long doughnut,” which did not ring and bells for the French rookie and also is not a way that I have ever heard anyone describe a churro. By this point, Wembanyama’s interest was piqued, and asked the fine folks in San Antonio to help him out.

“What? I’ve never heard of that,” Wembanyama said. “San Antonio people, put me on that ASAP. I need to try that.”

Barkley has long associated churros with the city of San Antonio, and has made clear that he likes eating them, so hopefully he can lend Wembanyama a hand here.

Despite not having Bradley Beal or Devin Booker due to injuries, the Phoenix Suns led by as many as 13 points in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. Fast forward to the final buzzer and everyone in the Footprint Center in Phoenix was left stunned, as San Antonio managed to storm back, take the lead for the first time all night with only 1.2 seconds remaining, and pick up a 115-114 win.

Despite San Antonio scratching and clawing all fourth quarter thanks in large part to Keldon Johnson, Victor Wembanyama, and Devin Vassell, it looked like a Kevin Durant dunk with just over minute left to put the Suns up five was going to provide enough breathing room. Wembanyama scored on the ensuing possession, which the Suns followed up with a disjointed possession that ended in a good look from the corner that Yuta Watanabe missed.

And then, things got crazy. Vassell missed a three that Wembanyama cleaned up, and Phoenix wisely responded by inbounding the ball to Durant. He got trapped in the corner by Tre Jones and Johnson, the latter of whom ripped the ball out of his hands, got to the rim, and finished through contact by Josh Okogie.

Durant was rather upset, as he clearly got scratched across his face but did not get a foul call. And on the final possession of the night, he missed a contested jumper that sealed a win for the upstart Spurs.

Johnson led the way for San Antonio with 27 points, four assists, three rebounds, and two steals, while Vassell had 18 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Wembanyama likewise had 18 points, but pitched in eight rebounds, four blocks, and an assist.

In person, and unlike some of his more iconic roles, Robert De Niro tends to be quiet, reserved. He’s not much of a talker. But make him mad, as a certain former president well knows, and look out. The legendary actor was in court Monday and Tuesday of this week, giving testimony in a civil trial involving a former personal assistant who’s suing him for, basically, allegedly being an abusive boss. He’s countersuing her for other matters. On Tuesday it got pretty ugly.

Per Deadline, while on the witness stand, De Niro blew up when asked about one particularly sketchy allegation. The ex-assistant, one Graham Chase Robinson, claimed he audibly urinated during a phone call with her as he was on the toilet. That prompted De Niro to shout across the room, “Shame on you, Chase Robinson!”

Robinson, who worked at De Niro’s business and personal services company Canal for 11 years, has accused De Niro of gender discrimination, wage theft, and retaliatory behavior. Other allegations include unwanted physical contact, “stereotypically female duties like housework,” plus assorted other “office wife” duties, such as making her “scratch his back, button his shirts, fix collars, tie his ties, and prod him awake when he was in bed.”

Some of the accusations drove De Niro to exasperation. “Give me a break with this stuff,” he grumbled towards the end of his second day (of two) of testimony. At one point he told one of her lawyers, “You got us all here for this?” He also thundered, “I don’t take liberties with people who work for me,” saying that claims that he does are “so ridiculous, I don’t know what to say.”

When asked about a claim that he had asked her to scratch his back, De Niro admitted that was true, but that he was just asking her to help out with a hard-to-reach spot. He also admitted that he may have called her a “b*tch” one time and that he told her she was “finished” after she failed to make an important call to him while she was in Europe, where she sometimes worked remotely.

“I berated her,” De Niro said. “I wasn’t abusive. I was annoyed.”

But he blew up at her claims of eternal servitude, saying, “She implies that she’s out in front of the building on her knees scrubbing the floor.”

Jurors in the trial also have to weigh in on De Niro’s counterclaims, which include that she misused a company credit card, absconding with over five million frequent flier miles.

De Niro can currently be seen in Killers of the Flower Moon, his latest picture with Martin Scorsese, in which he almost never gets mad but simply smiles like a kind grandpa as he helps orchestrate the murder of people he claims to love.

(Via Deadline)

Victor Wembanyama appeared in his first TNT game on Tuesday night when the San Antonio Spurs traveled to Phoenix to take on the Suns. While the obvious headline of the game is Wembanyama playing his first game against a future Hall of Fame inductee in Kevin Durant, the Inside the NBA crew took some time to yell at one another about Wembanyama and another member of the Suns.

“He’s never seen a guy like Wembanyama? Yes you have, his name is Bol Bol … Wembanyama is just way more consistent than Bol Bol,” Shaquille O’Neal argued before basically saying that their frames and skill-sets are similar, all while the rest of the set was pretty stunned that he made that comparison.

“First of all, that’s, no,” Charles Barkley said before Shaq repeated his point about consistency. Barkley then lost his mind.

“He’s only played three games!” Barkley exclaimed. “Are you comparing Wembanyama to Bol Bol?”

“Bol Bol is the first 7’4 guy that we’ve seen come out with the handle, shoot the three, yes,” Shaq said. “Y’all acting like you ain’t never seen a guy like that before. Bol Bol is the first guy, that’s what I’m saying … Bol Bol just don’t play hard, that’s all.”

Kenny Smith popped in and attempted to deescalate things by making a joke about Shaq’s mug, but Barkley couldn’t let this one go, as he asked the exact same question of Shaq and got the exact same answer. They then tossed around a few other names before Chuck offered up a few critiques of Wembanyama’s game … but not without taking one more swipe at Shaq.

“Shaq had a great point,” Barkley said. “I mean, the other point about Bol Bol, I don’t agree with that at all.”

Bol is in his first season as a member of the Suns, and has appeared in one game off the bench so far this season.

The 1975‘s concerts always make for an interesting time. Over the course of the past year, the band’s lead vocalist Matty Healy has made headlines for his wild antics during tour stops. Whether he’s making out with fans or eating raw meat on stage, concertgoers know they are in for a show.

But tonight (October 31), during a special Halloween-themed show at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, Michigan, Healy showed fans a side of them they hadn’t seen before.

During the show, Healy recreated a moment from the cult classic The Blair Witch Project. A clip displayed onscreen, featuring Healy on a camcorder. After he hears a noise in a house, he moves the camera rapidly, briefly showing what appear to be his buttocks on-screen.

In another fan-recorded clip from the concert, Healy recreates a scene from American Psycho. As he is speaking to the audience, Healy walks behind the stage, in set resembling a home. He is seen through a window taking an axe to something indistinguishable, prompting screams from fans. When Healy returns to the stage, he is seen covered in blood, catalzying the screams to an even higher level. Also in the clip, a fan can be heard shouting “daddy.”

You can see clips from the show above.

Triple H just cannot stop costing Joel Embiid money. Tuesday afternoon marked the second time in 2023 that Embiid, the NBA MVP and star for the Philadelphia 76ers, picked up a fine from the league for doing D-Generation X crotch chops during a game. Embiid got fined $35,000 for celebrating during the team’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this week, and during the 2023 playoffs, Embiid got fined $25,000 for doing the same thing against the Brooklyn Nets.

On both occasions, Triple H used Twitter to reach out to the Sixers star, with their first interaction revolving around how he’ll help pay Embiid’s fines if he keeps doing it. And on Tuesday, Triple H decided to use this fine as an opportunity to invite Embiid to WrestleMania 40, which will take place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Getting to watch L.A. Knight win the World Heavyweight Championship on Saturday night and the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on Sunday night — ed. note: Everyone at Uproxx Sports is L.A. Knight-pilled — would assuredly be a blast, but unfortunately, Embiid took to Twitter and told The Game that he’s not able to make it because he won’t be in Philadelphia.

Now, Embiid’s future with the Sixers is … let’s say something that people are paying attention to, so saying “I don’t think I’m gonna be in Philly for that” could raise some eyebrows. But Embiid (we assume) wasn’t trying to troll here, as the team is in Memphis and San Antonio, respectively, on both nights of WrestleMania. Here’s hoping that the Raw after WrestleMania happens at the Wells Fargo Center that Monday night so Embiid can attend that.

Doja Cat’s long-awaited Scarlet Tour kicked off tonight (October 31) in San Francisco. Joined by fellow rappers Ice Spice and Doechii on select dates, Doja Cat is set to perform one of the buzziest concerts of the year. And with a line-up this exciting and several hits in Doja and company’s repertoire, fans are certainly going to want to have something to remember this tour.

In clips shared by fans via Twitter, Doja’s merch consists of internet-themed, Y2K-inspired shirts ($45). One of the shirts looks like a digital collage comprised of Microsoft WordArt. This particular shirt has a white fabric and reads “DOJA CAT LOVES HER FANS” in large block letters.

There is also a manila-colored crop top ($45) which reads “Scarlet Tour USA” in red lettering.

One of the sassier options is a simple white tee with lowercase black lettering, reading “i f*cking hate doja cat.” Another one is a shirt that reads “I love penis,” with the latter word crossed out and replaced with “Jesus.” Both of these are $40.

A large black sweater ($85) contains red lettering featuring her website, promising fans their questions will be answered.

But for those wanting a more simple design, a t-shirt with the Scarlet logo ($40) is also available for purchase.

It’s not an especially big surprise that Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN broke the news of James Harden’s trade to the Los Angeles Clippers. Wojnarowski is usually pretty good at being first on things of this magnitude, and on the most recent episode of The Woj Pod, he broke down the extremely unpleasant work that went into reporting this one out.

You see, Wojnarowski sent out a tweet at 2:01 a.m. EST saying the trade happened, so he was obviously up extremely late working on this one. But as it turns out, in order to get the word of this one out there, he had to spend far far far far far too much time at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.

“They were grinding through this, really got into it on Monday night,” Wojnarowski said at the 5:09 mark of the pod. “I was at Newark Airport, I was getting ready to fly to L.A. to go out and be out with our NBA Countdown crew this week and NBA Today, and was suggested to me to not get on a plane, that you might be … it’s always my worst fear with this job, is you’re in a plane, and the wireless is spotty, and you can’t get to what you need to do. So, I sat in Newark Airport, watched the place close down and then almost start to reopen again. So, from like 5 p.m., they threw me out of the concierge lounge — or the United lounge, I should say — at around 10:30 p.m. when it closed, and then I just went and sat downstairs until I left about 3:30 in the morning.”

Wojnarowski said at that point he just went home, and at the time of the episode getting published, he was still figuring out when he’s getting on a flight to Los Angeles. He also compared this deal to the one that the two teams worked on in 2019, where the Clippers sent Tobias Harris to the Sixers in the very early hours of the morning.

Now, as someone who is from the great state of New Jersey, my jaw hit the floor when I heard this story, as I do not think there is anything I would dislike to do more than spending nearly 12 hours — many of them during the overnight hours — sitting in the Newark Airport because of a work thing. But there is a reason that Woj is much better at his job than I am at mine, so ultimately, I salute him and hope he’s not stuck at the airport nearly as long the next time he makes his way to Newark.

[h/t Awful Announcing]

The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump becoming president. It’s predicted Olympic events. It even predicted the Disney-Fox merger. (It didn’t, however, predict 9/11.) What if its latest prediction also came true? Fans of what was once called Twitter may hope so, because it involves Elon Musk.

Per Yahoo!, Sunday’s episode — the fourth in its 35th season, entitled “Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story” — concerned a young Silicon Valley hopeful voiced by Elizabeth Banks. She was clearly modeled on the incarcerated Theranos honcho Elizabeth Holmes, and she tries to woo Mr. Burns into funding her dream project. At one point Mr. Burns tells her he got her a little gift.

“A Twitter gift card?” she asks, in an episode clearly made before that controversial name change.

“No, I bought you Twitter, the whole company!” Burns replied. “It was a bargain, the previous owner had to sell it after his self-driving Mars rocket crashed into the international space station.”

The Simpsons has been on the air since the Bush I administration, and in that time most of its jokes and references haven’t come true. Still, that didn’t stop some from seeing a glimmer of hope that the world’s most popular social media service may one day be rid of its chaos agent of an owner.

As it happens, Musk himself is a Simpsons guest voice alum. Back in 2015 — long before he’d prolifically damage his own brand, to say nothing of Twitter — he provided his own voice in the episode “The Musk Who Fell to Earth.” Clearly that didn’t stop the writing staff from making him the target of their famous soothsaying.

(Via Yahoo!)

Kelly Clarkson is always showing love to younger artists. With over 20 years in the game, Clarkson has become an icon in her own right, but still has admiration for future generations of singers and songwriters. Today (October 31), in a special Halloween episode of her daytime talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show, Clarkson performed a haunting cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s hit single, “Vampire” during the episode’s “Kellyoke” segment.

The stage was lit up in ominous red lights, with wilting tree branches, fog, and smoke throughout. At the piano was a man, donning an all-black outfit, and wearing white makeup. Clarkson appeared on stage, also wearing all black with pale white makeup and painted teardrops under her eyes.

Musically, Clarkson delivered a stripped-down rendition of Rodrigo’s No. 1 hit, diving deep into her vocal range and reaching high notes, highlighting the pure emotion Rodrigo embeds into her lyrics.

This isn’t the first time Clarkson has covered a Rodrigo song. Back in 2021, Clarkson performed Rodrigo’s breakthrough single “Drivers License,” and then a year later, performed the Sour fan-favorite cut, “Traitor.”

You can see the performance of “Vampire” above.

Kelly Clarkson is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group